Where does “unlaboriousness” come from?
unlaboriousness (English) comes from English unlaborious, from English laborious, from Old French laborios, from French laborieux, from Latin laboriosus, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă — fox.
unlaboriousness (English): The quality of being unlaborious
Definitions
- The quality of being unlaborious
Ancestry of “unlaboriousness”, step by step
unlaboriousness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unlaborious
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unlaborious | Not laborious |
| 2 | English | laborious | Requiring much physical effort; toilsome;... |
| 3 | Old French | laborios | — |
| 4 | French | laborieux | laborious |
| 5 | Latin | laboriosus | laborious, toilsome, demanding; industrious,... |
| 6 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 7 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 8 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 9 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 10 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |